Commons Sitting of 12 November 1984 Series 6 Vol. 67

    c397
  1. Preamble 7 words
    2. c397
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. Oral Answers to Questions
    1. TRANSPORT
        2. c397
      1. Horse and Pony Riding Accidents 248 words
        2. cc397-8
      2. Taxi Owners 420 words
        3. cc398-9
      3. Roads (Expenditure) 526 words
        4. cc399-400
      4. South Yorkshire 348 words
        5. cc400-1
      5. A19 (Repairs) 639 words
        6. c401
      6. Departmental Costs 126 words
        7. cc401-2
      7. A564 (Blythe Bridge—Uttoxeter) 183 words
        8. cc402-3
      8. Singapore International Airways 485 words
        9. cc403-4
      9. Transport Supplementary Grant 428 words
        10. cc404-5
      10. GLC Lorry Ban 587 words
        11. cc405-6
      11. Domestic Air Services 357 words
        12. cc406-7
      12. Bus Deregulation 802 words
        13. cc407-8
      13. Airline Seats 213 words
        14. c408
      14. Bus Deregulation 132 words
    2. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
        3. cc408-9
      1. Director of Public Prosecutions 519 words
        2. cc409-10
      2. Contempt of Court Act 643 words
        3. cc410-1
      3. Official Secrets Act 349 words
    3. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
        4. cc411-3
      1. UNESCO 1,044 words
        2. cc413-4
      2. Disaster Relief 618 words
    cc415-29
  4. The Economy 7,684 words
      5. cc428-9
    1. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, &c. 90 words
    cc430-1
  5. Points of Order 648 words
  6. Orders of the Day
      7. c432
    1. Debate on the Address 80 words
      2. cc432-507
    2. Industry and Employment 43,714 words, 1 division
      3. cc507-14
    3. Hyndburn (Housing) 4,302 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 12 November 1984 Series 6 Vol. 67

  1. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
      2. cc55-8W
    1. Expenditure 2,000 words
      c58W
    2. Teachers 159 words
      cc58-9W
    3. Mathematics Teachers 615 words
      c59W
    4. Overseas Students 104 words
      cc59-60W
    5. Glue Sniffing 69 words
      c60W
    6. Inspectors' Reports 135 words
      c60W
    7. Scottish Universities (Age Participation Rates) 47 words
      c60W
    8. University Students (Statistics) 117 words
      c60W
    9. University Grants Committee (Computers) 48 words
      cc60-1W
    10. Independent Schools 293 words
      cc61-2W
    11. Corporal Punishment 100 words
      c62W
    12. Boarding School Allowance Scheme 92 words
      c62W
    13. Secondary Schools (Closures) 250 words
      cc62-3W
    14. Cash Limits 110 words
  2. ATTORNEY-GENERAL
      3. c63W
    1. Supreme Court (Official Referees) 74 words
      c63W
    2. County Courts 76 words
      c63W
    3. Defamation 41 words
      cc63-4W
    4. Duties 755 words
      cc64-5W
    5. Treasury Solicitor's Department 201 words
  3. PRIME MINISTER
      4. c65W
    1. Coal Industry (Dispute) 101 words
      c65W
    2. Lighthouse Board 27 words
      c65W
    3. Falkland Islands 87 words
      c65W
    4. Nuclear Submarines (Log Books) 64 words
      cc65-6W
    5. Local Government Expenditure (London) 301 words
      c66W
    6. HMS Conqueror (Navigator's Log Book) 39 words
  4. ENVIRONMENT
      5. cc66-9W
    1. Public Expenditure 1,369 words
  5. HOME DEPARTMENT
      6. c69W
    1. Glue Sniffing 108 words
      cc69-70W
    2. Cable Authority 123 words
      c70W
    3. Charity Commission 107 words
      c70W
    4. Coal Industry (Dispute) 177 words
      cc70-1W
    5. Shop Hours 64 words
      c71W
    6. Shop Act 1950 77 words
      c71W
    7. Mr. Edward Hopson 241 words
      c71W
    8. Mr. Mohammed Siddique 78 words
      cc71-2W
    9. Remand Prisoners 321 words
      c72W
    10. Passports (Northern Ireland) 37 words
  6. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
      7. c72W
    1. Northern Africa 73 words
      cc72-3W
    2. Africa (Drought Assistance) 117 words
      c73W
    3. Developing Countries 113 words
      cc73-5W
    4. Lomé Convention 751 words
      c75W
    5. Sri Lanka 77 words
      cc75-6W
    6. Ethiopia 466 words
      c76W
    7. Falkland Islands 179 words
      cc76-7W
    8. Caribbean (Ministerial Visit) 99 words
      c77W
    9. India 42 words
      c77W
    10. North African States 64 words
      c77W
    11. Aid Programme 58 words
      cc77-8W
    12. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation 187 words
      c78W
    13. Overseas Aid 203 words
      c78W
    14. Overseas Development Administration (Budget) 124 words
      c78W
    15. Colonial Service (Pensions) 72 words
      cc78-9W
    16. Bangladesh 35 words
      c79W
    17. Disaster Unit 49 words
      c79W
    18. European Development Fund 69 words
      c79W
    19. Sudan 225 words
      cc79-80W
    20. United Nations Environmental Programme 475 words
      cc80-1W
    21. Food Aid 909 words
      cc81-2W
    22. Acid Rain 84 words
  7. SOCIAL SERVICES
      8. cc83-4W
    1. National Insurance (Review) 672 words
  8. TRADE AND INDUSTRY
      9. c84W
    1. Synthetic Resins Ltd, Liverpool 49 words
      c84W
    2. Alvey Programme 108 words
      c84W
    3. Fireworks 155 words
      cc84-5W
    4. European Community (Research Council) 121 words
      c85W
    5. Toys (Safety) 111 words
      c85W
    6. Chatsworth Collection (Export Licences) 121 words
      c85W
    7. Nationalised Industries (Consumer Councils) 155 words
      cc85-6W
    8. Radio Investigation Service 35 words
      c86W
    9. Spain (Motor Vehicles) 99 words
      c86W
    10. Price Waterhouse and Deloitte Haskins and Sells (Merger) 137 words
      cc86-7W
    11. Cash Limits 200 words
      c87W
    12. Strategic Minerals (Stockpile) 52 words
      c87W
    13. Research and Development 306 words
      cc87-8W
    14. Minerals (Green Book) 118 words
  9. NATIONAL FINANCE
      10. c88W
    1. Cable Infrastructure (Capital Allowances) 69 words
      c88W
    2. Alcoholic Drinks (Taxes and Duties) 53 words
      c88W
    3. Tax Revenue 97 words
      cc88-9W
    4. Value Added Tax 425 words
      c89W
    5. Inflation 56 words
      cc89-90W
    6. European Community (Own Resources Payments) 221 words
      c90W
    7. Fontainebleau Agreement 45 words
      c90W
    8. Pension Funds (Withdrawals) 53 words
      c90W
    9. "Official Report" 86 words
      c90W
    10. Funding 80 words
      cc90-1W
    11. National Health Service 283 words
  10. CIVIL SERVICE
      11. c91W
    1. Video Display Units 95 words
  11. ENERGY
      12. c91W
    1. Electricity Costs 85 words
      cc91-2W
    2. Coal Prices 327 words
      cc92-3W
    3. Nuclear Power Stations (Protection) 167 words
      c93W
    4. NCB (Deficit Grant Payment) 151 words
      c93W
    5. Cash Limits 149 words
  12. EMPLOYMENT
      13. cc93-4W
    1. Labour Statistics 230 words
      c94W
    2. Manufacturing Industries 62 words
      c94W
    3. Welwyn Hatfield Constituency 183 words
      cc94-5W
    4. Textile Firms (Inspectors) 96 words
      c95W
    5. Video Display Units 115 words
      c95W
    6. Ault and Wiborg Paint Factory, Perivale 81 words
      cc95-6W
    7. Wages 288 words
      c96W
    8. Newham (Training) 206 words
      c96W
    9. Agricultural Workers (Fatalities and Injuries) 51 words
      cc96-7W
    10. Race Relations Act 1976 96 words
      c97W
    11. Careers Advice 72 words
      c97W
    12. Average Wage 58 words
      c97W
    13. European Social Fund (Fife) 223 words
      cc97-8W
    14. Coal Industry Dispute 153 words
      cc98-9W
    15. Youth Training Scheme 568 words
      c99W
    16. Work Permits 90 words
      c99W
    17. Information Technology Centres 43 words
      cc99-100W
    18. Employment and Training Act 1973 30 words
      c100W
    19. Manpower Services Commission (Racial Discrimination) 73 words
      c100W
    20. Area Manpower Boards 34 words
      c100W
    21. Redundancy Payments 76 words
      c100W
    22. Training Loans 94 words
      cc100-1W
    23. Community Programme 194 words
  13. NORTHERN IRELAND
      14. c101W
    1. National Health Service 78 words
      c101W
    2. Doctors 142 words
      c101W
    3. Driving Licences 49 words
      cc101-2W
    4. Voluntary Schools 54 words
  14. TRANSPORT
      15. c102W
    1. Manchester Airport 52 words
      c102W
    2. London (Dial-a-Ride) 51 words
      c102W
    3. M65 Motorway 90 words
      cc102-3W
    4. Transport Supplementary Grant 306 words
      c103W
    5. Motorways (Speed Limits) 75 words
      c103W
    6. West Midlands (Northern Relief Route) 45 words
      cc103-4W
    7. Railways (Electrification) 248 words
      c104W
    8. Freight Handling Costs 49 words
      c104W
    9. Helicopters 191 words
      cc104-5W
    10. Private Roads (Humps) 71 words
      c105W
    11. Buses (White Paper) 374 words
      cc105-6W
    12. GLC Lorry Ban 213 words
      c106W
    13. Liverpool Freeport 94 words
      c106W
    14. Air Fares 133 words
      cc106-7W
    15. Motorways (Roadworks) 61 words
      c107W
    16. Settle—Carlisle Line 106 words
      c107W
    17. M25 (Reigate—Wisley) 99 words
      c107W
    18. Rail Lines (Bus Substitution) 116 words
      cc107-8W
    19. Municipal Bus Undertakings 76 words
      c108W
    20. Channel and River Crossings 150 words
      c108W
    21. London Regional Transport 52 words
      c108W
    22. Rear Seat Belts 32 words
      cc108-9W
    23. Cross-Channel Link 120 words
      c109W
    24. Scottish Lowland Airports 91 words
      c109W
    25. Rail Services (Expenditure) 100 words
      c109W
    26. Road and Rail Passenger Transport 65 words
      c109W
    27. Rail and Waterway Facilities 91 words
      cc109-10W
    28. Bus and Coach Operators 65 words
      c110W
    29. M40 (Birmingham-Oxford) 68 words
      c110W
    30. Pedestrian Crossings (Prohibited Parking) 77 words
      c110W
    31. M25 (Reigate-Leatherhead) 121 words
      cc110-1W
    32. Civil Engineering Work (VAT) 106 words
      c111W
    33. Road Freight Transport 169 words
      c111W
    34. Roads (Expenditure) 93 words
      c111W
    35. Airports 55 words
      cc111-2W
    36. 291 Plumstead High Street, London, SE18. 145 words
      c112W
    37. A47 (Billesdon Bypass) 69 words
      c112W
    38. Motorways 72 words
      c112W
    39. Road Accidents (Statistics) 163 words
      cc112-3W
    40. M1-M6 (Lighting) 187 words
      c113W
    41. Radioactive Waste 133 words
      c113W
    42. Bypassed Communities (Service Signs) 56 words
      cc113-4W
    43. Air Treaties (Far East) 132 words
      c114W
    44. Local Government Reform 52 words
      c114W
    45. Microlight Aircraft 65 words
      cc114-5W
    46. Dim-Dip Regulations 292 words
      c115W
    47. Motorways (Signposts) 65 words
      c115W
    48. Testing Stations 165 words
  15. WALES
      16. c115W
    1. Local Government 112 words
      cc115-6W
    2. Anglesey 156 words
      c116W
    3. EC Surplus Foodstuffs 246 words
      cc116-7W
    4. Education Expenditure 82 words
      c117W
    5. School Closures 93 words
      c117W
    6. Teachers 115 words
      cc117-8W
    7. Council Houses 228 words
      c118W
    8. Local Authority Finance 95 words
      c118W
    9. Rate Support Grant 261 words
      cc118-9W
    10. Assisted Places Scheme 63 words
      c119W
    11. Council Houses (Asbestos) 91 words
      c119W
    12. Welsh Development Agency 161 words
  16. SCOTLAND
      17. cc119-20W
    1. National Health Service 100 words
      c120W
    2. Doctors 232 words
      c120W
    3. Scottish Development Agency 143 words
      cc120-1W
    4. Mr. George Beattie 70 words
      c121W
    5. Private Residential Homes 286 words
      cc121-2W
    6. Education Expenditure 434 words
      cc122-3W
    7. Cash Limits 171 words
  17. FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
      18. c123W
    1. Tristan da Cunha 53 words
      c123W
    2. Mr. Varktes and Mrs. Lilian Arakelians 114 words
      c123W
    3. Council of Europe (Refugees and Overpopulation) 57 words
      cc123-4W
    4. Disarmament Convention (Perugia) 116 words
      c124W
    5. Foreign Compensation (Czechoslovakia) 105 words
      c124W
    6. Helsinki Final Act 149 words
      c124W
    7. Gibraltar 117 words
      cc124-5W
    8. Nicaragua 181 words
      c125W
    9. United Nations Law of the Sea 106 words
      c125W
    10. Immigration 94 words
      cc125-6W
    11. World Festivals of Youth and Students 93 words
      c126W
    12. Diplomatic Immunity 278 words
      cc126-7W
    13. Diplomatic Bags 189 words
      c127W
    14. London Docklands Development Corporation 228 words
      c127W
    15. Rate Support Grant (Computer Time) 138 words
      cc127-8W
    16. Local Authorities (Expenditure Targets) 147 words
      cc128-9W
    17. Block Grant 369 words
      c129W
    18. Urban Development Grants 134 words
      c129W
    19. Archaeological Heritage (European Convention) 136 words
      cc129-30W
    20. Inner City Areas (Special Aid Programme) 97 words
      c130W
    21. Inner Urban Areas 144 words
      c130W
    22. Urban Programme 62 words
      c130W
    23. Council Properties (Sales) 41 words
      cc130-1W
    24. Rate Support Grants 264 words
      c131W
    25. Housing Starts 116 words
      c131W
    26. Public Sector Housing 79 words
      cc131-2W
    27. United Nations Environment Programme 159 words
      cc132-3W
    28. Housing Defects Act 1984 486 words
      c133W
    29. Lee Valley Park 269 words
  18. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
      19. cc133-4W
    1. Subsidies and Purchases 98 words
      c134W
    2. Straw Burning 100 words
      c134W
    3. Hens' Eggs 100 words
      cc134-5W
    4. Milk (Direct Sales) 499 words
      cc135-6W
    5. Wholesale Milk Deliveries 259 words
      c136W
    6. Milk (Volume) 80 words
      c136W
    7. Dairy Farms (Milk Quotas) 211 words
      cc136-7W
    8. Poultry (Hygiene) 168 words
      c137W
    9. Milk Quotas 74 words
      cc137-8W
    10. Expenditure 497 words
      cc138-9W
    11. Outgoers' Scheme 404 words
  19. SOCIAL SERVICES
      20. c139W
    1. Company Directors (National Insurance) 218 words
      cc139-40W
    2. Blind Persons 262 words
      c140W
    3. "Fares to Hospital" 69 words
      cc140-1W
    4. Supplementary Benefit 392 words
      c141W
    5. Child Benefit 89 words
      c141W
    6. National Council for Care of Elderly Dependants 65 words
      cc141-2W
    7. NHS (Manpower) 301 words
      c142W
    8. Depo Provera 55 words
      cc142-3W
    9. Mobility Allowance 341 words
      c143W
    10. Mental Health Act Commission 272 words
      c143W
    11. Housing Benefit 61 words
      cc143-4W
    12. Doctors 211 words
      cc144-5W
    13. Health Authorities (Appointments) 559 words
      c145W
    14. Children (Growth) 49 words
      cc145-6W
    15. Retrolental Fibroplasia 60 words
      cc146-7W
    16. Community Health Councils 264 words
      c147W
    17. Mortality Levels 131 words
      c147W
    18. Disabled Persons (Discrimination) 206 words
      cc147-8W
    19. Coal Industry Dispute 221 words
      c148W
    20. Departmental Staff (Retirements) 59 words
      c148W
    21. Specialist Claims Control 46 words
      cc148-9W
    22. Cancer Patients (Prescription Charges) 213 words
      c149W
    23. NHS (Charges) 111 words
      c149W
    24. Prescription Charges 230 words
      c149W
    25. Health Authorities (Regional Strategic Plans) 42 words
      cc149-50W
    26. Broadmoor Hospital 129 words
  20. DEFENCE
      21. c150W
    1. Western European Union 186 words
      c150W
    2. Ministry of Defence Stores (Fire Protection) 43 words
      cc150-1W
    3. Armed Services Youth Training Scheme 115 words
      c151W
    4. United States Forces (Exercises) 247 words
      c151W
    5. Boarding School Allowance Scheme 155 words
      cc151-2W
    6. NATO (Nuclear Planning Group) 58 words
      c152W
    7. Falkland Islands 325 words
      cc152-3W
    8. Service Personnel (Schoolchildren) 238 words
      c153W
    9. School Fees 165 words
      cc153-4W
    10. RAF Trainer 112 words
      c154W
    11. Follow-on Force Attack 68 words
      c154W
    12. Airland Battle Doctrine 91 words
      c154W
    13. Warrior Preparation Centre 31 words
      c154W
    14. Pershing II 55 words
      c154W
    15. NATO Defence Ministers (Meeting) 38 words
      cc154-5W
    16. Procurement Contracts 125 words
      c155W
    17. Ministry of Defence Police 109 words
      c155W
    18. Services Medical Organisation (Equipment) 65 words
      c155W
    19. Drugs (Prescribing and Dispensing) 102 words
      c155W
    20. Switzerland (Purchases) 47 words
      cc155-6W
    21. HMS Conqueror (Log Book) 273 words
      c156W
    22. Nuclear Submarines (Log Books) 100 words
      cc156-7W
    23. FH 70 Ammunition 91 words
      c157W
    24. West Germany (Shell-filling Capacity) 30 words
      c157W
    25. 120 F/S Shot 29 words
      cc157-8W
    26. Fighting Ships (Log Books) 149 words